Περίπου 3,7 εκατομμύρια άνθρωποι είναι αντιμέτωποι με «πολύ σοβαρή ανασφάλεια» σε ό,τι αφορά στην εξασφάλιση τροφής, ανέφερε η Βαλερί Έιμος, αναπληρώτρια γενική γραμματέας του ΟΗΕ αρμόδια για Ανθρωπιστικές Υποθέσεις, μιλώντας σε δημοσιογράφους στην πρωτεύουσα του Νοτίου Σουδάν, τη Τζούμπα, μετά την επίσκεψη που πραγματοποίησε στην πόλη Μαλακάλ στα βόρεια της χώρας.
Η Έιμος υπογράμμισε ότι οι οργανισμοί ανθρωπιστικής αρωγής έχουν ήδη βοηθήσει περισσότερους από 300.000 ανθρώπους που έχουν ανάγκη. Ωστόσο, οι λεηλασίες που σημειώθηκαν στις αποθήκες του ΟΗΕ εμποδίζουν τις επιχειρήσεις του στο Μαλακάλ, τόνισε.
«Είδα ανθρώπους (να ζουν) σε φρικτές συνθήκες χωρίς φαγητό, χωρίς κατάλληλη υγιεινή, χωρίς νερό» είπε η Έιμος, η οποία επισκέφθηκε την περιοχή ενώ η Αφρικανική Ένωση προετοιμάζεται να συζητήσει την κρίση σε σύνοδο στην Αντίς Αμπέμπα.
Περισσότεροι από 1.000 άνθρωποι έχουν σκοτωθεί και περισσότεροι από 700.000 έχουν αναγκαστεί να εγκαταλείψουν τις εστίες τους εξαιτίας της κρίσης, σύμφωνα με τα στοιχεία του Οργανισμού Ηνωμένων Εθνών. Άλλοι 123.400 έχουν καταφύγει σε γειτονικές χώρες, κυρίως στην Ουγκάντα, την Κένυα, το Σουδάν και την Αιθιοπία.
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UN humanitarian chief hopes South Sudan ceasefire will ease civilian suffering....
ReplyDelete29 January 2014 – Noting that the recent conflict in South Sudan has rolled back development gains made over the past two years since independence, the top United Nations humanitarian official today voiced her hope that a recent ceasefire will enable people to return to their homes and rebuild their lives.
“The violence and abuses we have seen since 15 December threaten the future of this young country,” Valerie Amos told reporters in the capital, Juba, as she concluded a three-day visit to see first-hand the impact of the conflict on the nation’s people.
The conflict between pro- and anti-Government supporters in South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan in July 2011, has displaced more than 702,000 people across the country and sent another 123,000 fleeing to neighbouring countries in just over six weeks.
There are hopes that the cessation of hostilities agreement signed in Ethiopia last week by representatives of President Salva Kiir and former deputy president Riek Machar will lead to an end to the fighting and help alleviate the plight of civilians in need.
“I am encouraged by the agreement…that was signed last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. I hope [it] will lead to an environment where people will feel able to return to their homes and rebuild their lives,” said Ms. Amos, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
She noted that the current crisis comes on top of an already challenging humanitarian situation in the country, where 3.7 million people are now severely food insecure.
Ms. Amos, who met with a range of representatives, welcomed Mr. Kiir’s statements about reconciliation and assurances that the humanitarian community can go anywhere they wish to help all South Sudanese.
“People of South Sudan want stability and a chance to return home,” she stated. “The development gains made over the last two years have been severely dented by the recent conflict. The whole international community hopes that the current situation will stabilize, so that efforts can continue in terms of longer-term development.”
She called strongly on all parties to respect their obligations under international humanitarian law and ensure that all civilians are protected, regardless of who they are or where they come from.
In addition, she praised the work of humanitarian organizations that remained in the country during this “tense and difficult” period, and delivered urgently needed assistance. So far, aid agencies have assisted over 300,000 displaced people.
“While this has saved many lives, we have not been able to provide assistance to many others due to the continuing insecurity,” she noted, adding that looting of aid agency warehouses and assets, as well as aid workers being subjected to violence, has severely hampered efforts to assist the population.
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47033&Cr=south+sudan&Cr1=#.UuliR_tTNqg
29/1/14
Exclusive: South Sudan rebel leader says government derailing peace talks...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar accused the government on Friday of ethnic cleansing and trying to sabotage peace talks, in his first face-to-face interview since fighting erupted late last year in Africa's youngest nation.
Dressed in dark green military fatigues and speaking to Reuters in his bush hideout, Machar branded President Salva Kiir a discredited leader who had lost the people's trust and should resign.
Thousands have been killed and more than half a million have fled their homes since fighting erupted in the capital Juba in mid-December and spread quickly across the oil-producing nation, often following ethnic lines.
The two sides signed a ceasefire on January 23 in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa, but each has accused the other of breaking it.
"Salva Kiir has committed atrocities in Juba, he has engaged in ethnic cleansing and he is still involved in the process," Machar said.................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/01/31/us-southsudan-unrest-machar-idUSBREA0U16O20140131?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
31/1/14
U.S. urges South Sudan to honor ceasefire, free political prisoners...
ReplyDelete(Reuters) - The United States urged South Sudan's leaders on Monday to implement a January 23 ceasefire between the government and rebels as an advance team of regional monitors arrived in the country.
A State Department official also pressed for the quick release by the government of the last four of a group of 11 detainees held on suspicion of trying to stage a coup, and to offer them and their families protection.
Seven of the political figures were released on January 29, partially meeting a rebel demand at peace talks............................http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/04/us-southsudan-unrest-usa-idUSBREA1303J20140204?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews
3/2/14
South Sudan: UN, partners appeal for $1.27 billion as humanitarian crisis deepens.....
ReplyDelete4 February 2014 – United Nations agencies and their humanitarian partners in South Sudan launched a revised appeal today, calling for $1.27 billion to help more than 3 million people who continue to suffer the consequences of the conflict in the strife-torn country.
“The priority is to save lives now, and ensure that we have food, medicine and other lifesaving supplies prepositioned in the field, in easy reach of aid agencies before the rains hit and the roads become impassable,”said Toby Lanzer, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for South Sudan.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), relief agencies are scaling up the response to assist 3.2 million people through June, based on rigorous prioritization. This includes relief for displaced people and host communities, refugees, and others whose lives and livelihoods are at immediate risk. Aid organizations also plan to provide emergency relief, uphold people's rights and strengthen livelihoods.
Mr. Lanzer said the Crisis Response Plan was revised to reflect the deterioration of the humanitarian situation. Nearly 60 per cent of the funding will go towards pre-positioning of vital aid supplies before the rainy season starts in June.
OCHA underscored that the conflict, which erupted on 15 December 2013, has shattered the lives of millions of people, leading to devastating humanitarian consequences: almost 900,000 have been driven from their homes and thousands more have been hurt or wounded as a direct result of hostilities. Livelihoods have been lost and people's ability to move livestock to pasture, to fish or to hunt, has been severely compromised.........http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=47075&Cr=south+sudan&Cr1=#.UvH00PvRPAI
4/2/14
South Sudan towns found looted, deserted....
ReplyDeleteWidespread looting in South Sudan’s strategic towns has been reported by the United Nations mission in the country, officials said Friday.
Peacekeepers found that the key town of Bor, which has changed hands several times in the conflict between government forces and rebels, had been looted, while the northeastern oil town of Malakal was “deserted and generally quiet,” U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Had told reporters.
“Yesterday, a mission patrol observed that looting in most parts of the town appears to have been widespread,” Haq said, adding that peacekeepers “noted population movements in the center of the town but residential areas were largely empty.”...............http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/africa/2014/02/08/South-Sudan-towns-found-looted-deserted.html
8/2/14